It is obvious that "national journalism" does not follow the same protocol that "us underfunded radio journalist" do. Your "source material" paints a crazy picture, but if you want to call this a FIRESTORM of a story... then it must be a slow day at the office! :)
This post is more for my benefit than yours{Bethany}
1. As is our custom with interviewees, Max Griffin and I discussed prior to interview what the show would in-tell. He was informed and ready to field questions from the local public. We had two specifically given questions that we discussed, #1 Who the HELL is Max Griffin? #2 Many people questioned his sexuality? He was informed that his sexuality would be questioned and he expressed no concerns. However, when the ON AIR light went on, Max seemed to tense up concerning his homosexuality, which caught me a little off guard. FYI- Max made a post on Facebook last year stating that he wanted to be the 1st GAY MAYOR of Jasper...so we addressed that in the interview as well.
2. The radio show, NOTonthePAYROLL is mine and my co-host! We make it our habit to ask questions MOST people would not, IE the name: NOTonthePAYROLL. We purchase TIME on KJAS, which is the most listened to station in our area. YES, Mike Lout is the owner of that radio station, so other than facilitating the hour our show AIRS... MIKE LOUT is NOT INVOLVED and this is solely OUR SHOW!!!
NOTonthePAYROLL is devoted to those who have not compromised the truth for money.
3. Max Griffin told me prior to the interview that HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO, COMING ON OUR SHOW and also stated that HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH OUR SHOW.
4. It is obvious to both me and others that you {Bethany} never listened to the actual interview or THE HUGE FOLLOW UP SHOW that RATTLED CHRISTIANS WHO "EXPRESSED" HATRED OF MAX GRIFFIN BECAUSE HE IS GAY...
I don't expect you to get to know me, or even care to ...but if you are going to represent "Religion and Politics" to the masses....Communicate with BOTH sides of the issue and remove your LEFT WING FILTER and speak the TRUTH...not some fabricated BS!!! ohhh yeah, Nice Spin off of the whole James Byrd Dragging Death that happened in 1997.... I don't guess Jasper will ever be allowed to COMPLETELY heal due to AWARD WINNING JOURNALISM LIKE THAT. Thanks for putting a town, in which you have never visited, into CONTEXT for the Nation.
For anyone to assume that Max Griffin's sexuality is not a concerning to the majority voting populous' in Jasper TEXAS is living in a dream world. Much like in this PSEUDO STORY of the Huffington Post, our town and region has been shown as still not having evolved into the peaceful integration of the Black & White Races. However, what NATIONAL MEDIA has done over the years with Jasper...is to paint it as Backwards, Racist and Bigoted! I heard a man say one time that "you do not see the world as it is but as YOU are." Political Agendas...and NOT the Truth, are the source motivations for Ms. Blankley's report.
I don't know if I even thanked you for doing the FIRESTORM STORY....so Thank You! Let me know if you are ever in Jasper, TX and I will buy you lunch!
FYI- MIKE LOUT on NOTonthePAYROLL, this THURSDAY NIGHT 7pm central!
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